{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fischbach.house.gov/2025/11/emmer-stauber-fischbach-and-finstad-resume-nominations-committee-to-consider-applicants-for-district-judge", "Emmer, Stauber, Fischbach, and Finstad Resume Nominations Committee to Consider Applicants for District Judge", "2025-11-20", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Michelle Fischbach", "F000470", "fischbach.house.gov", "fischbach", "https://fischbach.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06), along with Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08), Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (MN-07), and Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01) announced that a nominations committee will reconvene to interview and recommend candidates to President Trump for the United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. This comes after Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz of the District of Minnesota announced he will take semi-retired status next summer.\n\nIn November 2024, Congressman Emmer led the Minnesota Republican delegation in forming a nominations committee to assist in making recommendations to President Trump for U.S. Attorney, U.S. Marshal, and other vacancies that may arise in Minnesota. In May, one of the committee's recommendations, Minneapolis attorney Daniel N. Rosen, was nominated by President Trump to be the next U.S. Attorney for Minnesota. In October, the U.S. Senate confirmed his appointment as U.S. Attorney for Minnesota.\n\n\u201cOur committee\u2019s members are some of Minnesota\u2019s sharpest legal minds with a wealth of experience and expertise. We are confident in their ability to recommend individuals who will uphold the rule of law and who share our judicial philosophy. We are eager to review the committee\u2019s work and to provide President Trump with names of the best and brightest public servants,\u201d the lawmakers said.\n\nThe Committee will again be chaired by the Honorable G. Barry Anderson, former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice.\n\nReturning Committee members include:\n\nJohn Hinderaker, President of the Center of the American Experiment\n\nAllie Howell, Trial and Appellate Counsel at the Upper Midwest Law Center\n\nTad Jude, former judge in Minnesota\u2019s Tenth Judicial District\n\nNew Committee members include:\n\nRobin N. Kelleher, Board Member at the Upper Midwest Law Center and the Center of the American Experiment\n\nKevin M. Magnuson, Washington County Attorney\n\nCharles E. Spevacek, Partner at Meagher & Geer\n\n(Affiliation is provided for identification only and not to indicate any organizational political position.)", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fischbach.house.gov/2025/11/emmer-stauber-fischbach-and-finstad-resume-nominations-committee-to-consider-applicants-for-district-judge"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6102598272264004, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}